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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by dang on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @03:56PM (#38618379)
You're of course right that there are many more than two sides to the topic, but there's a strong tendency for users (being human) to identify with one or the other side in this war, and that's what I was referring to. I take your point that my wording was unclear there, and even a grain of unclarity is pretty dangerous in this context.
Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by whycome on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @11:04AM (#38629380)
My experience with this conflict has been that people have had to specifically demonstrate that there are more than two sides to this. Support for the Palestinian people or being against large-scale bombing does not mean one supports Hamas.

Take a look at how CNN vs BBC vs The Guardian categorize the conflict. CNN and NBC News describes it as the "Israel-Hamas War" (Reuters similarly uses "Israel and Hamas at war") while the BBC and Guardian list it as the "Israel-Gaza war" (and I'm pretty sure the Guardian previously used the same terminology as CNN).

https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel-hamas-war

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-ga...

https://www.reuters.com/world/israel-hamas/

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c2vdnvdg6xxt

https://www.nbcnews.com/Israel-Hamas-war-Gaza-Strip-conflict